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The term "Puget Sound" is used not just for the body of water but also the Puget Sound region centered on the sound. Major cities on the sound include Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, and Everett. Puget Sound is also the second-largest estuary in the United States, after Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Virginia. [8]
A Google Maps Camera Car showcased on Google campus in Mountain View, California in November 2010. The United States was the first country to have Google Street View images and was the only country with images for over a year following introduction of the service on May 25, 2007. Early on, most locations had a limited number of views, usually ...
SR 509 traveling across the Thea Foss Waterway on the cable-stayed 21st Street Bridge within Tacoma, connecting downtown to the Port of Tacoma.. SR 509 begins as South 21st Street at a single-point urban interchange with I-705 in downtown Tacoma in Pierce County, [3] providing access to the Tacoma campus of the University of Washington and the Tacoma Link light rail line on Pacific Avenue.
A view of McNeil Island and the Puget Sound from Steilacoom, Washington The old Anderson Island School. Anderson Island is the southernmost island in Puget Sound and a census-designated place of Pierce County, Washington, United States. [1] It is accessible by boat or a 20-minute ferry ride from Steilacoom. Anderson Island is just south of ...
The Puget Sound region is a coastal area of the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. state of Washington, including Puget Sound, the Puget Sound lowlands, and the surrounding region roughly west of the Cascade Range and east of the Olympic Mountains. It is characterized by a complex array of saltwater bays, islands, and peninsulas carved out by ...
Part of Puget Sound, Useless Bay is located in Island County near the southern end of Whidbey Island, between Cultus Bay and Mutiny Bay. Useless Bay was so named on account of frequent inclement weather.
Sawmill at Port Ludlow, 1900. Tall ships are docked to load timber.. The United States Exploring Expedition, under Charles Wilkes, entered Puget Sound in 1841.Wilkes bestowed many patriotically American place names; at the time the sovereignty of the Oregon Country was yet to be resolved between Britain and the United States.
State Route 525 (SR 525) is a 30.68-mile-long (49.37 km) state highway located in Snohomish and Island counties in the western region of the U.S. state of Washington.SR 525 begins at an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) and I-405 in Lynnwood and travels north to SR 99 as a four-lane controlled-access freeway.